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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dane ONeill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ONeill comes to the cage accompanied by Ninja Turtles. Filipovic has chosen Wild Boys as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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280 lbs
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241 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dane ONeill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mirko Filipovic!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Filipovic tries to clinch there but ONeill circles away.
Filipovic wants to clinch.
ONeill shoots in but no luck this time.
Filipovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
ONeill keeps the fight on the outside.
Filipovic wants to clinch up but ONeill keeps it at a distance.
ONeill bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
ONeill trying to control the position but Filipovic is working away.
Filipovic is looking to work his way out of this bad position but ONeill is controlling him well.
Filipovic bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Filipovic moves in looking to clinch but ONeill pushes him off.
Filipovic stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Filipovic wants it to stay on the feet.
Filipovic is looking to clinch.
Filipovic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Filipovic tries to clinch there but ONeill circles away.
ONeill shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Filipovic defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dane ONeill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
ONeill darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic wants to get back to his feet.
Filipovic is trying to defend against the ground and pound but ONeill scores with a couple of nice shots.
ONeill is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Filipovic defends it well.
ONeill is breathing heavily.
Filipovic tries to kick ONeill off in order to stand up. ONeill Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Filipovic takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
ONeill has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Filipovic is trying to get back to his feet.
Filipovic bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
ONeill fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Filipovic tries to clinch but ONeill is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but ONeill swats him away and circles back towards the center.
ONeill lands a slapping body shot.
Filipovic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from ONeill.
Filipovic moves in looking to clinch but ONeill pushes him off.
Filipovic tries to close the distance and clinch but ONeill swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
ONeill circles away from the clinch attempt.
Filipovic tries to clinch up but ONeill circles away and keeps his distance.
Filipovic closes the distance and clinches.
ONeill avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
Filipovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
ONeill drops down looking for an ankle pick but Filipovic pulls his leg out and moves away.
Filipovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
ONeill lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Filipovic circles away quickly and effectively.
Filipovic fails in his attempt to clinch.
ONeill connects with the punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Filipovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Filipovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
ONeill looks to land a combination but Filipovic avoids it well.
Nice sprawl there from Filipovic as ONeill shoots in.
Filipovic moves in looking to clinch but ONeill pushes him off.
Filipovic tries to clinch up.
Filipovic tries to close the distance and clinch but ONeill swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
ONeill swats away the attempt to clinch by Filipovic.
ONeill avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mirko Filipovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
ONeill throws a right and a left that both miss.
Filipovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Filipovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
ONeill keeps the fight on the outside.
Filipovic tries to clinch up but ONeill circles away and keeps his distance.
ONeill scores with a three punch combo!
Filipovic tries to clinch there but ONeill circles away.
Filipovic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Filipovic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Dane ONeill has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
ONeill jumps guard but Filipovic stands there with ONeill around his waist. ONeill gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Filipovic tries to land knees in the clinch but ONeill avoids the damage to the body.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. ONeill is defending well for now.
Filipovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Filipovic.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Filipovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Filipovic connects with a knee to the head.
Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
ONeill takes an elbow to the temple.
Filipovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Filipovic working ONeill over with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
ONeill blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
ONeill blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Filipovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
ONeill avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mirko Filipovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dane ONeill's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
ONeill keeps the fight on the outside.
Filipovic moves in looking to clinch but ONeill pushes him off.
Filipovic wants to clinch.
Filipovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Filipovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Filipovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Filipovic tries to close the distance and clinch but ONeill swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
ONeill circles away from the clinch attempt.
Filipovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Filipovic tries to clinch but ONeill moves out of range.
ONeill throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Filipovic was covering up waiting for the punch and ONeill finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Filipovic is looking to stand up but ONeill isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
ONeill postures up and lands a big shot to Filipovic's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
ONeill won't allow Filipovic to get back to his feet.
Filipovic is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Filipovic is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and ONeill dives into side control.
Filipovic pushes ONeill away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, ONeill gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
ONeill working the body and head with strikes.
Filipovic is trying to buck ONeill off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
ONeill landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Filipovic is looking to work his way out of this bad position but ONeill is controlling him well.
ONeill cracks Filipovic with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic is looking to work his way out of this bad position but ONeill is controlling him well.
ONeill stands up and beckons Filipovic to his feet.
Filipovic leaves ONeill with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mirko Filipovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Filipovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but ONeill paws at him with a jab and circles away.
ONeill misses with a two punch combination.
Filipovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but ONeill paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Filipovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Filipovic wants to clinch up but ONeill keeps it at a distance.
ONeill keeps the fight on the outside.
Horrible takedown by ONeill or perhaps it was just good defense by Filipovic which made him look bad.
Filipovic wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic tries to clinch up but ONeill circles away and keeps his distance.
Filipovic has managed to clinch.
ONeill managing to block the knees to the body from Filipovic.
Mirko Filipovic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Filipovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Filipovic lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Filipovic.
ONeill takes a knee to the side of the body.
Filipovic scores a nice knee to the body.
Filipovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Filipovic working ONeill over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Filipovic lands an elbow that stopped ONeill in his tracks for a moment.
ONeill takes an elbow to the forehead.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. ONeill lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
ONeill takes an elbow to the temple.
ONeill managing to block the knees to the body from Filipovic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
ONeill wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dane ONeill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Filipovic lands a good knee to the midsection. ONeill won't want to take too many of those.
Filipovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
ONeill avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Filipovic. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A knee to the head by Filipovic.
Filipovic prevents a takedown attempt there.
Filipovic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Filipovic.
Filipovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Filipovic looking to throw knees to the head but ONeill is blocking nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
ONeill takes a knee right on the jaw!
Filipovic is pressed up against the cage. ONeill has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Filipovic down to the mat. Filipovic avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Filipovic tries to clinch there but ONeill circles away.
Filipovic wants to clinch up but ONeill keeps it at a distance.
Filipovic tries to clinch but ONeill moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mirko Filipovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dane ONeill's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
ONeill keeps the fight on the outside.
Filipovic tries to close the distance and clinch but ONeill swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Filipovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Filipovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
ONeill drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Filipovic takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Filipovic wants to get back to his feet.
ONeill decides to stand back up. ONeill steps back and let's Filipovic get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic tries to clinch up.
Filipovic tries to clinch but ONeill moves out of range.
Filipovic is looking to clinch but ONeill is avoiding it.
Filipovic tries to clinch but ONeill is having none of it.
Filipovic doesn't manage to clinch there - ONeill circles away.
ONeill keeps the fight on the outside.
ONeill fails to land with a series of punches.
Filipovic rushes ONeill and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. ONeill is defending well for now.
Filipovic lands a nice elbow.
ONeill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Filipovic lands an elbow inside.
ONeill managing to block the knees to the body from Filipovic.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into ONeill's ribcage.
Filipovic scores a nice knee to the body.
Filipovic lands a nice elbow.
Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has ONeill in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic with a knee to the head.
Filipovic lands a knee to the head.
ONeill works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
ONeill controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
ONeill won't allow Filipovic to get back to his feet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Filipovic can do anything to dispel that myth.
ONeill missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
ONeill postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Filipovic is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
ONeill stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Filipovic tries to clinch up.
Filipovic moves in looking to clinch but ONeill pushes him off.
Filipovic wants to clinch.
Filipovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but ONeill paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic stuffs the takedown.
ONeill keeps the fight on the outside.
Filipovic has closed the distance and engaged ONeill in a clinch.
Filipovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Filipovic lands an elbow inside.
Dane ONeill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Filipovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Filipovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Filipovic scores a nice knee to the body.
Filipovic scores a nice knee to the body.
Filipovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
ONeill takes a knee to the side of the body.
ONeill has Filipovic pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. ONeill pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Filipovic tumbling to the mat - ONeill dives into Filipovic's guard.
ONeill has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Filipovic is proving hard to escape from.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
ONeill trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
ONeill throwing strikes from guard but Filipovic blocks nicely.
ONeill stops Filipovic from standing up.
Filipovic pushes ONeill off and scrambles back to his feet.
ONeill fails with a takedown attempt.
Filipovic moves in looking to clinch but ONeill pushes him off.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dane ONeill.
I think Filipovic has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mirko Filipovic!
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hype
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